¹Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? ²In pride the wicked pursue the needy; ³For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; ⁴In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; ⁵He is secure in his ways at all times; ⁶He says to himself, “I will not be moved; ⁷His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; ⁸He lies in wait near the villages; ⁹He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; ¹⁰They are crushed and beaten down; ¹¹He says to himself, “God has forgotten; ¹²Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! ¹³Why has the wicked man renounced God? ¹⁴But You have regarded trouble and grief; ¹⁵Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; ¹⁶The LORD is King forever and ever; ¹⁷You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; ¹⁸to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed,